representative karen bass us now to update us. good morning. >> good morning. >> stephanie: thank so much for taking time with us. it's so hard for us to keep up with the smash-inations that are going on in washington. where are we with this? >> we are nowhere. it seems as mr. speaker does not have control over his caucus, so he is essentially flaying. we are waiting to hear whether they are going to vote on his plan b. we are in caucus now waiting for an update. >> stephanie: this has sort of blown up in his face in the sense that it's not going to get very far. it's not going to pass the senate. and if it does the president will veto it. >> apparently he couldn't get the votes and now he is flaying trying to figure out what to do. maybe he wanted his caucus to say they voted to raise taxes on millionaires to try to blunt the notion that everybody understands is true which is the republican party wants to protect the 1% so that is the only rationale. but then you are going to turn around and vote to raise taxes again. the good th